khoff  +  138693 Sun, 18 Sep 05 01:14 AM (6o/c-ish) (7o/c-ish) (8o/c-ish) Aha! it means the time of day!  My guesses would have been the decade, the age of the diners or perhaps the temperature of the food.  So the o/c stands for "o'clock"? khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,278 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Difference Between

	MrPedantic  +  138696 Sun, 18 Sep 05 01:19 AM Now I know why my US guests never turn up on time. (And indeed, why they always look a little flushed.) MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Difference Between

	davkett  +  138703 Sun, 18 Sep 05 01:31 AM Why wouldn't it be spaced--  6 o/c, instead of  6o/c Cuz I was on the same crooked path as Khoff and Reme.   davkett Joined on Tue, Jun 7 2005 Pennsylvania, USA Senior Member 2,788 "The rose stays fresh in its name..." -Bernard of Morlay Difference Between

	MrPedantic  +  138710 Sun, 18 Sep 05 01:55 AM Look, it was last November, for Chrissake. Okay, so I did a lot of bad things in those days. But I was young. I was foolish. And I've paid my dues. I've posted in the Linguistics forum. Taken out a troll or two. Answered posts about modal verbs. I'm not proud of what I did. But it was, what? one? two? three spaces? I've seen worse. Give me a break. MrP MrPedantic Verbs, Difference Between, Modals, Modal Verbs

	davkett  +  138729 Sun, 18 Sep 05 04:27 AM  MrPedantic wrote:  Give me a break. Here you go now:  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/persondj/Website/09-05-04-break.jpg   davkett Difference Between

	MrPedantic  +  138787 Sun, 18 Sep 05 11:07 AM Hey! breakfast! MrPedantic

	Reme  +  138973 Sun, 18 Sep 05 06:50 PM MrP , Thanx for all the clarifications. Best regards, Reme Reme Joined on Mon, Sep 13 2004 Spain New Member 51 Rester, c'est exister: mais voyager, c'est vivre. Regards, Difference Between

	Forbes  +  139334 Mon, 19 Sep 05 04:23 PM  MrPedantic wrote: Interestingly, the staff who serve 'lunch' at the schools that the children of No. 2s attend are nevertheless colloquially known as 'dinner ladies'. Exactly the point I was going to make! I remember the cartoon of a posh lady calling her son who was playing with another boy captioned: "It's time for your lunch and his dinner." Whenever I was on holiday in the late 50's early 60's cafés and tea shops used to offer "high tea", which is tea (the meal) including something cooked, liked poached eggs on toast. Sort of half way between tea and supper (but not supper meaning dinner!). The names of meals in the UK are very confusing as not only are the differences class based, but regional. Forbes Joined on Thu, Jun 16 2005 Regular Member 895 Difference Between